Columbus Crew SC vs FC Cincinnati, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2023

Columbus Crew SC

3 – 0

Full Time

FC Cincinnati

Sun 20 Aug 2023 · 23:30 UTC Lower.com Field HT 45' · FT 45'

Aidan Morris 15' 1–0

Cucho Hernandez pen 23' 2–0

Jacen Russell-Rowe 90+6' 3–0

Y 45' Obinna Nwobodo

Y 76' Santiago Arias

Overview

Match Preview

Columbus Crew SC vs FC Cincinnati — MLS at Lower.com Field.

Columbus Crew SC 18 games · 20 pts (2026/26)
FC Cincinnati 18 games · 26 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	18	40
2	Internacional CF Miami	18	38
3	New England Revolution	18	30
4	Chicago Fire FC	17	29
5	New York City FC	18	26
6	FC Cincinnati	18	26
7	Charlotte FC	18	25
8	New York Red Bulls	18	25
9	D.C. United SC	18	23
10	Columbus Crew SC	18	20
11	Orlando City SC	18	20
12	Toronto FC	18	17
13	Philadelphia Union	18	16
14	Montreal Impact FC	18	16
15	Atlanta United FC	18	12
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	34
17	Los Angeles FC	19	34
18	San Jose Earthquakes	18	33
19	Houston Dynamo	18	32
20	FC Dallas	18	27
21	Real Salt Lake	17	27
22	St. Louis City	18	26
23	Portland Timbers	18	24
24	Seattle Sounders FC	17	24
25	Minnesota United FC	18	24
26	Colorado Rapids SC	18	22
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	22
28	San Diego FC	18	21
29	Austin FC	18	17
30	Sporting Kansas City	18	14

Head-to-Head

Columbus Crew SC 17 games · Avg 3.2 goals FC Cincinnati

Last 5 meetings

2023-08-20 Columbus Crew SC 3–0 FC Cincinnati 2023-05-20 FC Cincinnati 3–2 Columbus Crew SC 2022-08-27 FC Cincinnati 2–2 Columbus Crew SC 2022-07-17 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 FC Cincinnati 2021-08-27 Columbus Crew SC 3–2 FC Cincinnati

Recent Form

Columbus Crew SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
20 Aug	FC Cincinnati	H	3–0	W
16 Jul	Portland Timbers	A	2–3	L
08 Jul	New York City FC	H	1–1	D
04 Jul	Internacional CF Miami	A	2–2	D
01 Jul	New York Red Bulls	H	2–1	W
24 Jun	Nashville SC	H	2–0	W

FC Cincinnati

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
20 Aug	Columbus Crew SC	A	0–3	L
15 Jul	Nashville SC	H	3–1	W
12 Jul	New York Red Bulls	A	2–1	W
08 Jul	Charlotte FC	A	2–2	D
01 Jul	New England Revolution	H	2–2	D
24 Jun	D.C. United SC	A	0–3	L

Season Stats

Columbus Crew SC		FC Cincinnati
#10	Position	#6
20	Points	26
18	Played	18
5 / 5 / 8	W / D / L	7 / 5 / 6
26	Scored	45
28	Conceded	44
-2	GD	+1
1.11	PPG	1.44
28%	Win %	39%

Key Stats

65% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

76% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

21% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season

21% Clean Sheets
FC Cincinnati this season

Columbus Crew SC are 10th (20 pts). FC Cincinnati are 6th (26 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Columbus Crew SC

0-15

2/6

16-30

2/2

31-45

6/2

46-60

3/2

61-75

1/4

76+

2/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

FC Cincinnati

0-15

3/2

16-30

4/7

31-45

9/5

46-60

4/7

61-75

2/1

76+

11/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Columbus Crew SC

Diego Rossi	6 G	1 A
Wessam Abou Ali	5 G	1 A

FC Cincinnati

Evander	10 G	4 A
Kevin Denkey	10 G	1 A
Tom Barlow	5 G

Events

Match Events

0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Columbus Crew SC and FC Cincinnati has kicked off!
5' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
10' Columbus Crew SC is showing some good football. However, Columbus Crew SC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
15' What composure from Aidan Morris! The USA international strokes it home. 1-0.
20' Alexandru Matan has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 5 cards already picked up this season.
23' The Colombia Cucho Hernandez breaks the deadlock on 23 minutes. 2-0!
28' FC Cincinnati fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
33' Columbus Crew SC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Jamal Thiare scoring 1 goals.
38' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Columbus Crew SC and FC Cincinnati are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
43' It is a cagey affair so far. Columbus Crew SC in their 3-4-1-2 trying to find a way past FC Cincinnati's compact 3-4-1-2.
45' Obinna Nwobodo was booked on 45.
46' A tactical swap from FC Cincinnati — Santiago Arias on, Nick Hagglund off on 46 minutes.
51' It looks like no one’s ball. Columbus Crew SC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
56' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Columbus Crew SC winning 100% of all matches.
57' Time for substitution for Columbus Crew SC. Alexandru Matan is replaced by Diego Rossi.
60' Time for substitution for FC Cincinnati. Junior Moreno is replaced by Yuya Kubo.
65' USA international Patrick Schulte has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
70' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Columbus Crew SC that had 287 games and scored 430 goals.
73' FC Cincinnati make a change. Aaron Boupendza trudges off to be replaced by Sergio Santos on 73 minutes.
76' Santiago Arias catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 76.
81' Columbus Crew SC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
86' Columbus Crew SC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
90' Rudy Camacho is ready to make an impact after coming on for Sean Zawadzki at the 90 minute mark.
With this win, Columbus Crew SC is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

3-4-1-2

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Wilfried Nancy

FC Cincinnati Lineups

3-4-1-2

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pat Noonan

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Gyasi Zardes	7
Lucas Zelarayan	5
Luciano Acosta	4
Miguel Berry	3
Pedro Santos	3
Diego Rossi	2
Kevin Denkey	2
Isaac Atanga	2

Head to Head

Columbus Crew SC Form

2023-08-20 Columbus Crew SC 3–0 FC Cincinnati W 2023-07-16 Portland Timbers 3–2 Columbus Crew SC L 2023-07-08 Columbus Crew SC 1–1 New York City FC D 2023-07-04 Internacional CF Miami 2–2 Columbus Crew SC D 2023-07-01 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 New York Red Bulls W 2023-06-24 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 Nashville SC W

FC Cincinnati Form

2023-08-20 Columbus Crew SC 3–0 FC Cincinnati L 2023-07-15 FC Cincinnati 3–1 Nashville SC W 2023-07-12 New York Red Bulls 1–2 FC Cincinnati W 2023-07-08 Charlotte FC 2–2 FC Cincinnati D 2023-07-01 FC Cincinnati 2–2 New England Revolution D 2023-06-24 D.C. United SC 3–0 FC Cincinnati L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.44 Columbus Crew SC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.67 FC Cincinnati xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 76% + Both teams to score 73%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Columbus Crew SC54% Draw21% FC Cincinnati25%

Actual: Columbus Crew SC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes73% 0% No27%

Avg goals/match: 4.11

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	91%	9%
± 2.5	76%	24%
± 3.5	58%	42%
± 4.5	39%	61%

Double Chance

Columbus Crew SC or Draw

76%

Draw or FC Cincinnati

46%

Columbus Crew SC or FC Cincinnati

79%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Columbus Crew SC41% Draw37% FC Cincinnati22%

Actual: Columbus Crew SC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

1 – 1

7.5%

2 – 2

6.5%

3 – 1

6.4%

1 – 2

5.5%

3 – 2

5.3%

2 – 0

3 – 0

Actual

4 – 1

3.9%

1 – 0

3.7%

2 – 3

3.6%

4 – 2

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Columbus Crew SC

Handicap	Columbus Crew SC covers	Push	FC Cincinnati covers
-2.5	19%	—	81%
-2	19%	16%	66%
-1.5	34%	—	66%
-1	34%	19%	46%
-0.5	54%	—	46%
+0.5	74%	—	26%
+1	74%	13%	13%
+1.5	87%	—	13%
+2	87%	8%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet

20% ✗

FC Cincinnati keeps clean sheet

10% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.